About the Author
Dr. Michael R. Kinney began his career in the accounting department at Texas A&M University (College Station) in 1989 following the completion of his Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Arizona. Currently holding the title of a KPMG School Fellow of Accounting, he has taught undergraduate courses in cost and managerial accounting and graduate courses in management control systems, cost management, management consulting, corporate tax, partnership tax, and corporate tax strategies. He has received accolades for his teaching, including the Outstanding Teacher of the Texas A&M College of Business from the College of Business Honors Society (twice), and the Beta Alpha Psi teaching excellence award in accounting (twice) and the Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching. Dr. Kinney has co-authored numerous articles in accounting, taxation, and finance, and has co-authored ten academic textbooks on managerial accounting and cost management. He has undertaken consulting and executive development projects for several large Texas-based corporations. Currently, Dr. Kinney serves as the Ph.D. Program Coordinator for the Accounting Department.
Jenice Prather-Kinsey hails from Kansas City, Missouri. She obtained her undergraduate degree from Lindenwood College, a Masters in Accounting from the University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana, and a PhD from the University of Alabama. Professor Prather-Kinsey has taught at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Cape Town in South Africa, University of the Western Cape, and is currently at the University of Missouri, School of Accountancy. She teaches and conducts research in Cost and Managerial Accounting and International Accounting. Her academic research has been published in renowned journals such as ABACUS, Accounting Horizons, Accounting Education: A Journal of Theory Practice and Research, Accounting Education: An International Journal, Accounting Historians Journal, Advances in Accounting, Advances in International Accounting, Contemporary Accounting Research, European Accounting Review, Issues in Accounting Education, The International Journal of Accounting, Journal of Education for Business, Journal of International Accounting Research, and Research in Accounting Regulation. She has presented her research internationally in cities like Beijing, China; Coventry, England; Dunedin, New Zealand; Kyoto, Japan; Mexico City, Mexico; Paris, France; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Rome Italy; Sydney, Australia; Melbourne, Australia: Cape Town, South Africa, and Vancouver, Canada. Professor Kinsey’s accolades include the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants’ Outstanding Educator of the Year Award, College Diversity Enhancement Award from the University of Missouri, and National Achievement Award in Education from the National Association of Black Accountants.
Dr. Cecily A. Raiborn holds the McCoy Endowed Chair in Accounting at Texas State University-San Marcos. She earned her Ph.D. from Louisiana State University in 1975. Dr. Raiborn has taught a wide range of courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels, including cost, managerial, intermediate, and advanced accounting, as well as courses in accounting policy and fraud prevention and detection. Her research interests encompass financial, cost management, international, quality, and ethics issues. She has published articles in accounting, law, and ethics journals including MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING, ADVANCES IN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING, JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING CASE STUDIES, JOURNAL OF CORPORATE ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE, LABOR LAW JOURNAL, and JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS. In 1991, she received the AICPA/Louisiana CPA Society Outstanding Educator Award. Beyond the classroom, her interests include traveling, reading, water activities, interior decor, and cooking.
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